A Healthy Makeover for Holiday Desserts

By Katie Jeffrey, MS, RD

For Active.com

Don't deprive yourself during the holidays. It's okay to indulge in a sweet treat every now and then. Just make sure you're smart about how you indulge in desserts. You can take a smaller portion of traditional desserts. Or, you can modify a family-favorite dessert. Tweak the recipe into a more nutritious one without losing the flavor.

Say Buh-Bye Fat

Get Whipped

Substitute whipped butter for regular butter (whipped butter has half the calories and saturated fat as regular butter). Refrigerate the dough for at least one hour before baking to ensure a similar end product.

Get Heart Healthy

Replace butter with heart-healthy oil such as Canola, peanut or corn oil. Unlike butter, oil does not contain air; therefore, use 1/4 to 1/3 less oil when replacing butter with oil.

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About the Author

Katie Jeffrey, MS, RD, CSSD, CDN, LDN

Katie Jeffrey, MS, RD, CSSD, is a registered dietitian, Board Certified as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics, a columnist, and the owner of FitNutrition, LLC, in Stonington, CT. She provides individual nutrition counseling, sports nutrition counseling for athletes and educational nutrition presentations on various topics for all age groups. For more information, call 860-917-6131 or go online to www.fitnutrition.net. Join FitNutrition, LLC on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/FitNutritionLLC.

Katie Jeffrey, MS, RD, CSSD, is a registered dietitian, Board Certified as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics, a columnist, and the owner of FitNutrition, LLC, in Stonington, CT. She provides individual nutrition counseling, sports nutrition counseling for athletes and educational nutrition presentations on various topics for all age groups. For more information, call 860-917-6131 or go online to www.fitnutrition.net. Join FitNutrition, LLC on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/FitNutritionLLC.

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